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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 W. H. HAMMER. FLOUR 0R MEAL BIN AND SIFTER.

No. 444,351. Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

' W. H. HAMMER.

FLOUR 0R MEAL BIN AND SIFTER.

No. 444,351. Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

XVILLIAM I'I. HAMMER, OF \VASHING'ION, OHIO.

FLQUR OR MEALBIN AND SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,351, dated. January 6, 1891.

Application filed May 27, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HAMMER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at lVashington, in the county of Fayette and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour or Meal Bins and Sifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to flour or meal bins and sifters; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, illustrating a flour or meal bin and sitter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View partly in section. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the partition-board, showing means employed for supporting the sitter and the construction of the cut-off.

A refers to the rectangular base of a cabinet, the upper portion of said base forming a sieve-receptacle, said base being provided at its lower portion with a drawer or sliding compartment A, above which is located a horizontal partition-board (1, having near its outer edge aledge 0/, against which the lower hinged door A will abut. This door is of sufficient size to permit a pan B to be passed through the same to rest upon the board a, and said door is hinged to a transverse strip. A smaller door A adapted to swing downwardly, is also hinged to the said strip, and through this doorway access can be had to the sifter or pan 0.

The cabinet-base A has a top or cover D rigidly secured thereto, which is provided centrally with an opening or slot 01 and at right angles thereto with elliptical openings 01, and the upper edge of one of the side walls of the cabinet, at right angles with the slot d, is cut away to provide a recess e, while the other side is correspondingly cut to present a recess 6 of greater length but opposite to the recess e. Within these recesses e and e plays a transverse horizontal bar E, to the under side Serial No. 353,316. (No model.)

of which is attached a casting or frame E, having end-dependin g members 6 and a lower horizontal portion,which is slightly enlarged and to which is pivotally secured a spring-bar F, which is notched at 6 near its ends, so that the lower edge of the sifter C will lie within said notches, this bar F exerting upon the sifter an upward spring-pressure, which causes the upper edge of said sifter to press against the under side of the movable bar E, while lateral movement of the sitter on the bar E is prevented by the upper edge of the sitter or pan abutting against the inner edges of the casting or loop E.

The upper ends .of theloop or casting E are provided with notches 6 which are adapted to receive the edge of a pan of less depth than the one herein'illustrated. The transverse spring-bar F is provided at the end adjacent to the doorway witha handle or ring 6 while the opposite end is reduced to enter a slotf, formed in the bar F attached to the rear inner side of the cabinet.

G refers to the stirrer, which is made of a single piece of sheet metal of proper configuration, the same being provided with two open-ended slots 9, the metal adjacent to which is upturned, as shown at g, so as to stir the flour or meal to prevent it packing over the opening or slot (1. This stirrer is connected to the bar E byv bolts h, which pass through perforations therein, through the elliptical openings (1', and into the bar E, so that when said bar is reciprocated or actuated the stirrer G will be also moved. The ends of the stirrer cover the elliptical openings d.

The upper portion of the cabinet is presented by a flour bin or receptacle H, preferably cylindrical in shape and provided near its lower end with an inclined collar or conical deflector H, the outer edge of this receptacle being adapted to lie over a circular rim 1', attached to the top of the base portion of the cabinet.

To the under side of the board D, which forms the top of the base portion of the cab inet, are pivotally secured parallel links Z Z, to the ends of which is secured a bar L, serving as a cut-off when thrown beneath the slot (1. This cut-oft or bar L is operated by a fiat lever or bar L, which extends beyond the outer edge of the top D, and its movement is limited by the slot Z, through which a headed pin passes, so that it can have a sliding and a pivotal movement thereon. It will be obvious that when this bar is vibrated the cutoff will be moved over the slot d, the movemeut of the cut-oif beinga parallel side movement in connection with the lever L, which has the pin in the slot t" for a fulcrum.

To one side of the cabinet is secured a bracket M, which provides a bearing m and a journal m, and in the bearing is secured the shaft n of a wheel N, which has formed on the under side thereof beveled gear-teeth l\", with which meshes a gear-wheel 0, said gear-wheel having an operating-handle.

From the foregoing description and an inspection of the drawings it is obvious that the flour or meal contained in the bin or receptacle H will be stirred or agitated above the opening (I when the driving-wheel O is turned, as said driving-wheel actuatcs the wrist-pin o to reciprocate the bar E, said bar not only operating the stirrer, but also agitates the sieve (I.

When it is desired to remove the sifter for the purpose of cleaning the meshes of the fabric, it can be readily accomplished bysimply depressing the end of the bar F, and when said sifter or pan is reinserted the rear edges thereof will abut against a pin 1), carried by said bar F near its rear inner end. It will be observed that this bar F is pivotally connected to the loop E, and that its end enters a slot f in the cross-piece F, so that this bar will have a movement in a direction different from the bar E, so that the upper portion of the bar F may contact with the under side of the foraminous bottom of the sieve and assist in keeping the same clean, and in practice I will provide the upper edge of the bar with brushes for this purpose. The drawer in the lower part of the cabinet forms a convenient receptacle for such implements as are used by bread or pastry makers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

1. The combination, in a kitchen-cabinet having the top board of the sieve-receptacle provided with a transverse slot and elliptical openings, of a bar E, supported beneath said board and provided with means for supporting a sieve, a stirrer G, made of a single plate of metal having open-ended slots with up turned edges, bolts connecting said stirrer with the bar E, and means for actuating said bar E, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a-flour-receptaele, a cabinet or support therefor, a top board of the sieve-receptacle provided with an opening (Z, a stirrer G, and bolts connecting said stirrer with a bar E, said bar also carrying a sievesupport consistingof abail or loop E'and t ransverse bar F, pivotally connected to said loop, the play of one end of said bar F being limited by contact with the walls of a slot j", formed in the cross-bar F, substantially as set forth. 1

3. The combination, in a sitter and flourreceptacle, of a cut-off consisting of links pivotally attached to the board beneath the flourreceptacle, a bar L,pivotally connected to the free ends of said links, and a bar L, for moving the cut-off bar I. beneath the opening (I, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with a bar E, supported as shown. bolts h, connecting a stirrer thereto, a pan-support carried by said bar E, a cut-off secured to the under side of the board which operates in the flour-receptacle from the sitter and provided with an operating-bar, and a pan-receptacle beneath the sifter, the parts being.organized substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

XVILTJIAV II. HAMMER.

Witnesses:

J. D. Posr, II. COLAN. 

